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I have included a list of mnemonics that I have come across over the years. These mnemonics have come from many different sources.
  • PIEce of PIE
  • You hEAR with your EAR
  • There is a LIE in beLIEve
  • You ADD your ADDress
  • Four, fourteen, but u can't be forty.
  • Is it a son or sun? - A son is a boy and they both have an o.
  • A friEND is always there when the END comes.
  • FRI the END of your friend.
  • I before E except after C - and when saying "A" as in neighbour or weigh and weird is just weird
  • Separate is A RAT of a word to spell
  • Always smell A RAT when you spell separate.
  • When 2 vowels go walking the first does the talking. Eg eat
  • The silent e makes the vowel say it's name. eg mat/mate
  • Would you rather have one "S" or two? Twice as much for dessert. deSSert - two s's; deSert - one s
  • When you eat deSSert you always come back for the second s.
  • DeSSert - Sweet stuff
  • A deSSert is Super Sweet and a deSert is Sandy
  • Your principal is your PAL - the difference between principal and principle
  • "TO GET HER" - remember how to spell together because if you "get her", you'll be together.
  • When you assume you make an ass out of u and me
  • One Collar, two Socks - a reminder of how to spell necessary
  • Rhythm - Rhythm has your two hands moving.
  • Because - Big elephants can always understand small elephants.
  • Your SECRETary will keep your SECRET
  • BR! Its FeBRuary in England
  • Currant/Current - There is an ANT eating the currANT bun. So currant is the food and current is the flowing river.
  • Practice/Practise - ICE is a noun so practICE is a noun and practise is a verb - Soccer practice improves your game, so you need to practise regularly.
  • Accommodation - there are 2 caravans and 2 motels
  • Meat/meet - I like to eat meat
  • An island is land
  • Where, here, there, everywhere - Place names all have here in them
  • Stationary/stationery - Stationery contains er and so does paper; stationary (not moving) contains ar and so does car
  • Loose/Lose - Loops are Loose and it is easy to lose a shoe.
  • Where ever there is a Q there is a U too.
  • Teacher - there is an ache in every teacher.
  • Affect - is the action
  • Effect - is the result or end.
  • There is a bus in business
  • Complement/Compliment - Complement adds something to make it enough and a compliment puts you in the limelight.
  • You should be sure of your Measurements before you start work.
  • Special - The CIA have special agents.